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prayagupd updated LOG4J2-1767: ------------------------------ Summary: when SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy value is changed on the fly, log4j2 still picks up the older value (was: when SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy value is changed, log4j2 still picks up the older value) > when SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy value is changed on the fly, log4j2 still > picks up the older value > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: LOG4J2-1767 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1767 > Project: Log4j 2 > Issue Type: Question > Components: Appenders > Affects Versions: 2.5 > Environment: java-1.8.0-ibm-1.8.0.3.20-1, > log4j2 2.5 > Reporter: prayagupd > > I have log4j2.json config as below, with SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy as 1MB. > Its a web app hosted on tomcat 7. > {code} > { > "configuration": { > "status" : "info", > "shutdownHook":"disable", > "name": "logggg", > "appenders": { > "RollingFile": { > "name": "rollingFile", > "fileName": "/var/log/cor/test_logging12.log", > "filePattern": > "/var/log/cor/test_logging12-%d{MM-dd-yy-HH-mm-ss}-%i.log.gz", > "CustomJSONLayout": { > "complete": false, > "compact": true, > "eventEol": true > }, > "SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy": { > "size": "1 MB" > }, > "DefaultRolloverStrategy": { > "max": "10" > } > } > }, > "loggers": { > "root": { > "level": "DEBUG", > "appender-ref": { > "ref": "rollingFile" > } > } > } > } > } > {code} > When I changed that in on the fly, it is taken in account by log4j2, it > still rolls over on the older size. It reads the new size only if I restart > the server. > {code} > 2017-01-05 12:44:22,143 http-bio-8989-exec-10 TRACE > DefaultRolloverStrategy.purge() took 0.0 milliseconds > 2017-01-05 12:44:22,144 http-bio-8989-exec-10 DEBUG RollingFileManager > executing synchronous FileRenameAction[/var/log/cor/logging12.log to > /var/log/cor/logging12-01-05-17-12-44-22-1.log, renameEmptyFiles=false] > 2017-01-05 12:44:22,144 http-bio-8989-exec-10 DEBUG RollingFileManager > executing async > GzCompressAction[/var/log/cor/logging12-01-05-17-12-44-22-1.log to > /var/log/cor/logging12-01-05-17-12-44-22-1.log.gz, deleteSource=true] > {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-dev-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-dev-h...@logging.apache.org